Adolph Hesse

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Adolf Hesse, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1831

Adolph Friedrich Hesse , actually Adolph Benjamin (born August 30, 1809 in Breslau ; † August 5, 1863 ibid) was a German organist and composer .

Life

Hesse was a student of the organists Friedrich Wilhelm Berner and Ernst Köhler in Breslau and in 1831 became first organist at the Bernhardinkirche there. Hesse was considered an important organist in Germany and caused a sensation in Paris and London with his virtuoso pedal play. Because of his commitment to the organ work of Johann Sebastian Bach , he was nicknamed the Silesian Bach . In Breslau he also conducted the symphony concerts of the opera orchestra. Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens , the teacher of Alexandre Guilmant and Charles-Marie Widor, is one of his students .

Works

Incomplete list of works All the compositions listed are compositions for organ.

Works with opus number
  • Opus 22: Fantasy in C minor
  • Opus 24: Nine easy organ preludes
  • Opus 25a: Easy organ preludes
  • Opus 25b: Twelve organ preludes of various characters
  • Opus 26a: Three completed chorales, a prelude and a postlude
  • Opus 26b: Three completed chorales and a fugue with introduction
  • Opus 30: Eight studies with obligatory pedal and precisely displayed pedal application
  • Opus 31: Eight easy organ preludes (new edition Kleinmachnow 2016)
  • Opus 32: Organ Preludes (new edition Berlin 2013)
  • Opus 34: Variations on an Original Theme (A Flat Major)
  • Opus 35: Fantasia for the organ for 4 hands (C minor)
  • Opus 39: Two fugues with introduction for organ (new edition Cologne 2012)
  • Opus 47: Variations on an Original Theme (A major)
  • Opus 48: Nine preludes of different characters (new edition Berlin 2013)
  • Opus 51: Eight Easy Organ Pieces
  • Opus 53: Five preludes and a varied chorale
  • Opus 54: Variations on the chorale: "Be praise and honor for the highest good" and postlude (fugue)
  • Opus 57: Sixth Fantasia for the organ with a varied chorale and two preludes (new edition Cologne 2013)
  • Opus 58: VI organ pieces of various characters (new edition Cologne 2013)
  • Opus 60: Seven organ pieces of different characters
  • Opus 62: Two fugues and an introduction for the full work and three preludes for soft voices
  • Opus 63: Four Organ Pieces (new edition Berlin 2013)
    1. Prelude to the chorale: "It is salvation and we come here"
    2nd trio
    3. Arrangement of the chorale: "Be very happy, oh my soul"
    4. Prelude and Fugue Opus 66: Prelude and Fugue in D minor (new edition Kleinmachnow 2016)
  • Opus 67: "God save the King", adapted for use in organ concerts
  • Opus 70: Six organ compositions (one prelude and two fugues for the full work plus three preludes for soft voices)
  • Opus 71: Six organ compositions (fugue, chorale, prelude and epilogue for the full work plus three preludes for soft voices)
  • Opus 73. Fantasy and Fugue
  • Opus 74: Three preludes, trio and prelude to the chorale: "Out of deep need I cry to you"
  • Opus 81: Five organ pieces of different characters
  • Opus 84: Introduction to Graun's " Death of Jesus "
  • Opus 85: Toccata
  • Opus 86: Prelude and Fugue in B minor
  • Opus 87: Fantasy in D minor for four hands
Works without opus number
  • Chorale "Who only lets God rule" with changes
  • Fugue from Mozart's Requiem and Prelude as an introduction to the same
  • Easy preludes for the organ (1–36) - Edition: CF Peters, Leipzig, no. 8320
  • Prelude on two themes from Graun's "Death of Jesus" to the chorale: "O head full of blood and wounds"

literature

Web links

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Adolph Hesse's selected organ compositions - new cheap edition - advertising by FEC Leuckart Verlag, Leipzig, around 1900
personal data
SURNAME Hesse, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hesse, Adolph Friedrich (full name); Hesse, Adolph Benjamin (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1863
Place of death Wroclaw